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Swindled
by 
Miguel Bardem
Ernesto Alterio
Victoria Abril
Federico Luppi
Manuel Alexandre
  
Publisher: Venevision International
Subject(s):  Foreign Film
Thriller
Language(s):  Spanish
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Release date:   Jan 30, 2007

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"Incautos" es una historia de timadores donde la única verdad es que todo podría ser mentira. Desde que tiene uso de razón, Ernesto (Er-nesto Alterio) sólo ha hecho una cosa en la vi-da, engañar. Conoce los entresijos del timo de la mano de un viejo timador llamado el Manco (Manuel Alexandre). Las víctimas son incautos de clase media o baja y los botines no son de grandes cantidades. Al cabo de un tiempo, el Manco pone a Ernesto en contacto con quien él considera el mejor timador que ha existido, Federico (Federico Luppi), un estafador elegante, astuto y metódico. Mientras la mayoría de los ciudadanos se hipotecan en los bancos y son exprimidos por los impuestos, Ernesto tima a banqueros, políticos, generales... y jamás paga una letra, y mucho menos a Hacienda. La vida no puede ser más perfecta, hasta que irrumpe Pilar (Victoria Abril), la antigua socia y amante de Federi-co, a quien dejó plantado hace años llevándose el dinero de una es-tafa. Pilar ofrece a Federico lo que entre timadores es conocido co-mo un "Mirlo Blanco", el gran golpe para retirarse: un incauto con-fiado, avaricioso y podrido de dinero negro. Ernesto se ve inmerso en el centro de un peligroso triángulo formado por la codicia, la trai-ción y la venganza. Todos se ganan la vida mintiendo, cualquiera podría ser un traidor, incluso el mismo Ernesto.

A con man finds himself up against an adversary he hasn't the strength to challenge in this crime drama from Spain. Ernesto (Ernesto Alterio) is a man who grew up learning the easier way to get out of trouble was to lie, and over the years, he's built a career out of his gift for twisting the truth as a con man. Teaming up with two experienced grifters, Manco (Manuel Alexandre) and Federico (Federico Luppi), Ernesto is able to pull off a major scam involving the Spanish Army that scores the three a major payday. This should put Ernesto and his partners on Easy Street, but things begin to go sour when Ernesto is reunited with a former girlfriend, Pilar (Victoria Abril). Ernesto is a soft touch for anything that Pilar might suggest, and when she plots a big con for him and his partners, he offers no objections. However, when Manco dies under hazy circumstances and Ernesto's childhood pal Gipsy (Alejandro Casaseca) conveniently appears wanting to take his place, Ernesto begins to suspect that he may be the one being scammed.

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